tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769563752200538132015-12-31T10:18:57.172-08:00Elder Lacey's Mission LettersDaniel's letters from UruguayDiana Laceynoreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-54917994292923948942015-05-05T09:37:00.001-07:002015-05-05T09:37:57.371-07:00Saying Goodbye to Uruguay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8xKb-QPsBG4/VUjv0qwW-xI/AAAAAAAAC90/NCw67V5rUp4/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bat%2Bthe%2BRailroad%2Bstation%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8xKb-QPsBG4/VUjv0qwW-xI/AAAAAAAAC90/NCw67V5rUp4/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bat%2Bthe%2BRailroad%2Bstation%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lowmPO2cJdM/VUjwCi9cSuI/AAAAAAAAC98/HgEj4_ViDCg/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bshores%2Bof%2BUruguay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lowmPO2cJdM/VUjwCi9cSuI/AAAAAAAAC98/HgEj4_ViDCg/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bshores%2Bof%2BUruguay.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A7CkFu4HcyE/VUjvXJJTZDI/AAAAAAAAC9c/m2aUO6ZyAaA/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BElder%2BLawson%2Bat%2Bdinner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A7CkFu4HcyE/VUjvXJJTZDI/AAAAAAAAC9c/m2aUO6ZyAaA/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BElder%2BLawson%2Bat%2Bdinner.jpg" height="640" width="544" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey and Elder Lawson</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">May 5, 2015</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Dear Family,</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I feel like Ammon when he finished in part his mission with the Lamanites in Alma chapter 26:16</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p3"><span class="s1"><i>Therefore, let us&nbsp;glory, yea, we will&nbsp;glory&nbsp;in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his&nbsp;mercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel.</i></span></div><div class="p4"><span class="s1"><i></i></span><br /></div><div class="p5"><span class="s1">I cannot even begin to express how I feel. I have seen such great blessings and miracles here in Uruguay and I know that I will never be able to repay my Eternal Father in Heaven for everything that I have experienced here. I have enjoyed every second of my mission and I am excited to continue to serve the Lord after the mission.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="p6"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p5"><span class="s1">I already had my last interview with President Cook and it was amazing. He asked me what I had taken away from these two years in Uruguay. It is difficult to pinpoint one specific thing that I have learned in these past two years but, I told him that I now know what it takes....what it takes to have an eternal family, what it takes to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. I now know what I need to do. In the mission my eyes have been opened and I know that I need to love the Lord with all of my heart, which means a lot more than most people think it means.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="p6"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p5"><span class="s1">I am sad to say goodbye to this beloved country and to these people that I have come to love but I know they are in good hands because they have learned to put their trust in the Lord. Good thing that someone invented Facebook so that I can stay in contact with all of these people!&nbsp;</span></div><div class="p6"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p5"><span class="s1">I love the Lord with all of my heart. I will never deny him and I will live my life in a such a way that he will be proud of me. The church is true! Families can be together forever! I am so grateful for the wonderful family that I have, and I am excited to see you guys soon.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="p6"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p5"><span class="s1">Hurrah for Israel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></div><div class="p5"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><div class="p5"><span class="s1">Love</span></div><div class="p6"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p5"><span class="s1">Elder Lacey &nbsp;</span></div><div class="p6"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p5"><span class="s1">Mom</span></div><div class="p5"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">What a miracle! I can't wait to meet him! (We are bringing a non-member to Daniel’s homecoming talk in sacrament meeting) And I can't wait to keep seeing miracles together with all of you.</span></div><div class="p2">Gustavo (the man Daniel just baptized) is such a good man! I really love him a lot.<span class="s1"></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">See you soon!</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Love you forever Mom!</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Elder Lacey</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Dear Dad,</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I love you! And I love all of your advice. I want to sit down with a spiral notebook and a pen and write all of the council that you have for me. You have always been a very inspired Dad.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I am so grateful for the mission and I am ready for my next mission. I don't know exactly what I am going to do with everything but the good thing is that I have good parents that have good council and I have learned to be obedient to the Lord and to my parents.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I love you Dad!</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Elder Lacey</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--SEHZ8uN8YA/VUjvhjEEVOI/AAAAAAAAC9s/OJ5U8E7jahQ/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bhats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--SEHZ8uN8YA/VUjvhjEEVOI/AAAAAAAAC9s/OJ5U8E7jahQ/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bhats.jpg" height="271" width="320" /></a></div><div class="p1"><br /></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-40127754048776116622015-04-29T20:50:00.003-07:002015-04-29T20:52:42.482-07:00Spiritual Boot Camp!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/---9lla7S-Q4/VUGmO16YgBI/AAAAAAAAC84/kxG9wcD_qYs/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bstreets%2Bof%2BMontevideo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/---9lla7S-Q4/VUGmO16YgBI/AAAAAAAAC84/kxG9wcD_qYs/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bstreets%2Bof%2BMontevideo.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey in the streets of Montevideo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mz0M77dPIeY/VUGmUezJy3I/AAAAAAAAC9A/-QAJnz0bGnI/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2BElder%2BLawson%2Bcool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mz0M77dPIeY/VUGmUezJy3I/AAAAAAAAC9A/-QAJnz0bGnI/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2BElder%2BLawson%2Bcool.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey and Elder Lawson</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">April 27, 2015</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Dear Family,</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">It is weird to say that this is my last full week of work because it feels so normal. This past week we worked just as we have in these past 2 years. We had a conference with Elder Oaks on Tuesday and it was awesome! I have had the opportunity to hear 2 Apostles in person here on the Mission and both of those times I felt the spirit so strongly as they bore testimony of Jesus Christ. They truly are special witnesses of Him. Guess what he talked about first with us? That’s right, marriage haha! There we were, 500 missionaries strong and he talked to us about marriage! It was a little bit funny but everyone learned a lot. He also talked about a lot of other things that I loved. He talked about what real success is, how to be an instrument in the Lords hands, and consecration. I am grateful for our latter-day prophets and Apostles.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I will try to practice my English so that I can give a good talk on the 10th.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I am really excited to see you all and to catch up on everything that has happened in these past 2 years. I have so many things in my head that I want to take a day or two just to write everything down and plan a little bit for the future. Maybe we can play a few IGP games as well :)</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">The work is going well and it will keep on going. There are many strong members here in Uruguay and they are living examples of how the Gospel blesses families. I will be forever grateful for the things that I have learned here and for the miracles that I have seen. I know that I am just at the beginning of my life mission but I feel a lot more prepared to face life now that I have gone through spiritual bootcamp. ¡Vamo' Arriba!&nbsp;</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I love you all!</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Elder Lacey</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Dear Dad,</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I will seriously need your help when i get home. You have so much knowledge! I want to sit down with you and talk strategy for the future. There are so many things that I want to accomplish and the only thing that is against me is time haha! I don't think I am going to sleep, ain’t nobody got time for that.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I love this work. I can't wait to have my family as my companion so that we can go do some work together!&nbsp;</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I love you.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><br /><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Elder Lacey</span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-21294542167242767182015-04-22T09:17:00.001-07:002015-04-22T09:17:36.126-07:00The Gospel is True!! Go Preach it!!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RFSxW7DR-3Q/VTfGx1l_agI/AAAAAAAAC7M/lw4fcf7yJRM/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2BGustavo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RFSxW7DR-3Q/VTfGx1l_agI/AAAAAAAAC7M/lw4fcf7yJRM/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2BGustavo.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gustavo!!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8pSIQKmQzUk/VTfGzW4Kk3I/AAAAAAAAC7o/5KSePQpsRLY/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bat%2BGustavo's%2Bbaptism.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8pSIQKmQzUk/VTfGzW4Kk3I/AAAAAAAAC7o/5KSePQpsRLY/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bat%2BGustavo's%2Bbaptism.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gustavo's Baptism</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1"><span class="s1">April 20, 2015</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Dear Family,</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Sometimes I have the desire to sit down and write a book. I have learned and felt so many things here in the mission and I want to write down everything! I have so many things to tell you guys that I don't know what to start with.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TAcRRZuLliE/VTfGx3LVAKI/AAAAAAAAC7I/Gawxw-eTeWM/s1600/ELder%2BLacey%2Bbuiding%2Ba%2Bhouse%2Bin%2BLezica.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TAcRRZuLliE/VTfGx3LVAKI/AAAAAAAAC7I/Gawxw-eTeWM/s1600/ELder%2BLacey%2Bbuiding%2Ba%2Bhouse%2Bin%2BLezica.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Building a house</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1"><span class="s1">One of the things that I thought was interesting this week was we were able to have an activity in the church here in Lezica where we watched “Meet the Mormons.” Luckily I have been able to see it about 3 times now in Spanish. It was a really good activity but what I liked most about it was the desire that it gave me to serve. I feel like that is one of the biggest things that has changed in me during the mission. I now realize the importance of going the second mile and magnifying your calling. Did I ever thank you for sending me that talk by Elder Eyring that talks about magnifying your calling? I think it is one of my favorite talks of all time. I really want to make sure that I am always involved in some sort of service all of the time.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">This week we are preparing Gustavo and Sandra (our 2 most recent converts) to go to the temple to do baptisms for the dead. This week Gustavo will also be receiving the priesthood. We have been really blessed to be able to witness the progress of many people and we are continuing to find more investigators. I'm glad it hasn't really hit me that I am coming to the end of the mission.&nbsp;</span>I guess it will hit me when I see you guys at the airport haha :)&nbsp;</div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Tomorrow we have a conference with Elder Dallin H. Oaks! I am really pumped. In the CCM Elder Cook came, but since then I haven't seen an apostle. It is going to be a good time.</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zGLVWbJNleU/VTfHBbKteeI/AAAAAAAAC8I/eYixILQnQwo/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BGustavo%2Band%2BElder%2BLawson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zGLVWbJNleU/VTfHBbKteeI/AAAAAAAAC8I/eYixILQnQwo/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BGustavo%2Band%2BElder%2BLawson.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey, Gustavo,&nbsp;and Elder Lawson</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TLuIz75zH60/VTfGyon06kI/AAAAAAAAC7c/1Xo5FfMm0hM/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2BLawson%2Beating%2Bagain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TLuIz75zH60/VTfGyon06kI/AAAAAAAAC7c/1Xo5FfMm0hM/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2BLawson%2Beating%2Bagain.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey and Elder Lawson</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1"><span class="s1">The Gospel is true! Go preach it!</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Love</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><br /><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Elder Lacey</span></div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p1">Dear Dad,</div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">That is crazy that you will be introducing big ol' Drew Brees in your meeting. Make sure you let him know who's boss. haha! Hopefully I will be able to accomplish a part of what he was able to accomplish in his football career. I believe that I can do it.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Oh, sorry for not emailing you back last week. I ran out of time really fast. The good thing is that I will be seeing you guys here pretty quick. I am so grateful for everything that you guys have done for me. I am so happy and grateful for the mission and I am going to do everything that I can to keep having spiritual experiences to finish off my mission. I also want to stay in contact with all of the converts here just like you had contact with the Diaz family for so long.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Like one of your shirts says "Life is Good"</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I love you Dad!</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SewOEwWX6CA/VTfHIRWh3BI/AAAAAAAAC8Y/5vnvorz6Psc/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bsaw%2Bthis%2Btrailer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SewOEwWX6CA/VTfHIRWh3BI/AAAAAAAAC8Y/5vnvorz6Psc/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bsaw%2Bthis%2Btrailer.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Elder Lacey</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span></div></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-42254580883620377172015-04-13T10:52:00.001-07:002015-04-13T10:52:22.745-07:00My Beloved Uruguay<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RfqlI5aMYjk/VSwA1xf3obI/AAAAAAAAC6k/CQHf3mE_CLg/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bshores%2Bof%2BUruguay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RfqlI5aMYjk/VSwA1xf3obI/AAAAAAAAC6k/CQHf3mE_CLg/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bshores%2Bof%2BUruguay.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the shores of my Beloved Uruguay<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1"><span class="s1">April 6, 2015</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Dear Family,</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I went to General Conference with a few questions written down and my mind ready to receive revelation for the end of my mission and also for the future. If you saw the Saturday sessions you will know that the majority of the talks were about families and getting married. I guess the Prophet and the twelve apostles want me to get married as fast as possible! haha! No, but I received answers to all of my questions! I am so grateful for the restoration of the gospel and for all of our church leaders. It was weird because this was my last General Conference in the mission and so some of my questions that I had written down had to do with what would happen in the future. One of my questions was what can I do now in order to prepare my family in the future. My hand hurts because there was so much material to write down! The Gospel is designed to help our families. (We watched 2 sessions in English and 3 in Spanish)</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Speaking of families, Gustavo Andreoni and his family are doing awesome. We are going to have his baptismal service this Friday. It is so awesome to see the change that he has gone through. We have seen many miracles and I can see more and more light in his countenance everyday. In the charla that we had with him yesterday I shared with him a quote from General Conference. "There are many good things, many important things, but there are few that are essential." We need to have an eternal perspective to see what are the few essential things that we need to do. Cake is good, ribs are good, money is good, football is important, but what is essential is making it back to Our Father in Heaven together with our family. I am so happy to be here helping other families to see this.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wMDr7afRxuM/VSwBdEVviMI/AAAAAAAAC6s/l6Xi8c6l2bg/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2BLawson%2Bwith%2BGustavo%2C%2Bhis%2Bwife%2C%2Band%2Bbishop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wMDr7afRxuM/VSwBdEVviMI/AAAAAAAAC6s/l6Xi8c6l2bg/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2BLawson%2Bwith%2BGustavo%2C%2Bhis%2Bwife%2C%2Band%2Bbishop.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bishop, Elder Lawson, Elder Lacey, Gustavo and his wife<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1"><span class="s1">General Conference also gave me an opportunity to see Mariana and Susana from Las Piedras they are both doing super well! It is awesome to see converts that are firm in the church. I hope to keep in contact with them like Dad has kept in contact with the Familia Elmo.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">In one month from today I will be heading home....I want to cry! The mission is so awesome. I have changed so much here in la Tierra Prometida, my Beloved Uruguay. I am going to make the most of this last month and I am going to preach my heart out.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I love all of you so much!</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><br /><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Elder Lacey<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a3P_FKPswdc/VSwAxd0ocDI/AAAAAAAAC6c/s8ADY1yD-c4/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bon%2Ba%2Blion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a3P_FKPswdc/VSwAxd0ocDI/AAAAAAAAC6c/s8ADY1yD-c4/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bon%2Ba%2Blion.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lawson and Elder Lacey enjoying PDay<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><br />Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-9687207958898001302015-03-30T16:45:00.003-07:002015-03-30T16:45:52.408-07:00Yo Sé que Vive mi Señor!<br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">March 30, 2015</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I now realize why those who go to spirit paradise are also missionaries. Its because the mission is paradise! If we really want to be happy we need to share the gospel! Well that is how I feel. We have some investigators that are really progressing and you can see the difference in their lives and in the lives of their families. Elder Lawson and I are really happy to be here in Lezica because it is the promised land :)&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This week we were able to do a ton of things. We helped an investigator build a house which was fun. Here all of the houses are made out of cinder block and so he taught us how to make the walls and we went at it. I will send you pictures of it next week. We have also made friends with a herd of pigs that live in this garbage field that we walk through to get to a recent converts house. I at least think we are friends with them because they don't make angry noises at us anymore. haha!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Here in Lezica the work is progressing. The members are super pumped and we feel like we are helping out the ward a lot. We have been having activities and Noches de Hogares a lot and so everyone is happy. It helps the recent converts out a lot when you have so much participation in the ward.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">That is interesting that in Sunday school you were talking about that because If I remember right my last talk that I gave was about the difference between testimony and conversion. If we truly have a testimony then we should be truly converted. Faith without works is dead. We need to go out and do it!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In church yesterday for the last hymn we sang numero 73 Yo Sé que Vive mi Señor. I think it has become my favorite hymn now. It is very simple but it is what I feel and I love the last line of the last verse because it is like a testimony from the heart!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Yo sé que vive mi Señor!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Dad,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I miss good ol' Lace pops humor haha! When I get home we will have to invest into some app building because I have a few ideas of my own.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">That is awesome that you are working well with that family. I would love to meet them when I get home. It is crazy how fast time is flying by.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I can't wait for conference either. I am going to really study hard this week to be prepared for what they are going to tell us. Save some cinnamon rolls for me haha!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It is great to be a missionary. Yesterday we actually taught 2 charlas in English which was interesting. It is a little bit harder to teach in English than in Spanish! I had to ask my companion how to say a few things in English....I am losing it! haha</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you Dad!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-31961715986477802632015-03-24T19:53:00.002-07:002015-03-24T19:53:59.298-07:00Last Transfer<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vKZKdnS2zAU/VRIgVZmXwvI/AAAAAAAAC4s/fgUjscAtzxA/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bties%2Band%2Btemple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vKZKdnS2zAU/VRIgVZmXwvI/AAAAAAAAC4s/fgUjscAtzxA/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bties%2Band%2Btemple.jpg" height="400" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valientes!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ugNtBRRKqlI/VRIgbQYmUQI/AAAAAAAAC40/qN8G9b0JHvw/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2B21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ugNtBRRKqlI/VRIgbQYmUQI/AAAAAAAAC40/qN8G9b0JHvw/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2B21.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Super Missionary on his 21st Birthday!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6bFGWnjiIzU/VRIgg_i4HpI/AAAAAAAAC48/mOyb_8kKDBQ/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2Bpinata.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6bFGWnjiIzU/VRIgg_i4HpI/AAAAAAAAC48/mOyb_8kKDBQ/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2Bpinata.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No Birthday is complete without a pinata.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bBP2A7mWcl0/VRIgmT0uymI/AAAAAAAAC5E/mDztLpsSD58/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bat%2BSandra's%2Bbaptism.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bBP2A7mWcl0/VRIgmT0uymI/AAAAAAAAC5E/mDztLpsSD58/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bat%2BSandra's%2Bbaptism.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sandra's Baptism<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">March 24, 2015</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Can you believe that it is already change week again? That was the fastest week ever. Me and Elder Lawson are staying together here in Lezica for my last change. Down here they call the missionaries who are on their last transfer, valientes. The weird thing is that I don't feel any different, I know that the end is coming quickly but I still feel like there is a ton of work to do. These last 6 weeks are going to be a good time.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We are still seeing miracles everyday down here. Yesterday in church there were 3 complete families there that got me thinking. The three families were Sandra’s family, Gustavo Andrioni's family, and Edgardo and Lorena’s family. I loved having them there in church because we are working with all of them and they all showed up including all of their kids. There is a such a good spirit in the church when people go with their whole family. I could see a little bit into the future and I could see the happiness that all of these families are going to have if they just stay firm in the church. I am so glad that when I was little and was causing a wreck, my parents fought the good fight and took me to church every Sunday.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The temple was amazing this past week. It always helps a lot to go and feel the spirit and pray in the temple. We also had interviews with President and he told me about what he sent you guys haha! You can always tell when you have &nbsp;a true blue cougar fan. I got my card but I haven't tried it yet. I think it should work fine though.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Well, I am going to make the best of these 6 weeks and go to work. There is still a lot that I want to study and learn and there are still a lot of almas to save. I love this work with all of my heart! And I love all of you!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Dad,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am so excited for General Conference. It is to bad that I won't be there for the cinnamon rolls but I might buy myself an alfajor haha! I will definitely write down some questions and study the talks a lot.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I would love to help out May 15th and 16th! I think that would be awesome!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Recently I have been thinking a lot about all the things that I have learned in my mission and I think it would help me remember everything I have learned if I share it a lot so i would love to help out with the jóvenes. &nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you Dad!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-34983912497630125102015-03-19T20:26:00.001-07:002015-03-19T20:26:24.495-07:00Sandra and Sofia were Baptized!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"></span></span><br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">March 16, 2015</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The mission is the best! Sandra and Sofia were baptized on Saturday and then confirmed on Sunday. It was such a good service and all of the members helped out a ton. Sandra and Sofia are doing super well and they are all situated in the ward nice and snug so they aren't going anywhere. All of the members are so excited to share the gospel, its amazing. I have been sharing a scripture lately with a lot of members that is in Mosiah 27:14. it is when the angel is talking to Alma the Younger and the angel tells him that it was because of the prayers of the people and the prayers of his father that the angel visited him. If you get an entire ward together united in prayer miracles are going to happen. We are seeing those miracles with Gustavo. He is doing really well and we have had some really spiritual charlas with him and his family.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Also for my Birthday the members treated me super well. Lets just say I was really full at the end of the day haha! Everyone just kept giving us food! Its fine with me :)</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I received 2 letters today but I haven't had time to read them yet. it looks like one is from the Steinagles and one is from you guys with drawings. Thank you! You are all the best. That is really cool that Dad was talking with Pres. Newsome! And that is really nice of Pres. Cook to send a letter to you. They are both really great men.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Life is good. The mission is going great. This Wednesday we are going to the Temple and I have everything ready to go through for Michael Lacy. I am so grateful for everything. The only thing I can complain about is not having more time to preach the gospel....the good thing is that I have non-mormon friends back in the states :)&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The church is true!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Dad,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Good ol' mom stealing all of the compliments from Dad. Haha! Its hard to compete with the best. But don't worry dad, I still love you!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">(Just so you know what happened: Mike spoke in another ward as a member of the High Council. After his talk a lady came up from the audience and shook his hand and said, “I know who you are! You’re Diana Lacey’s husband. She gave the best talk a few weeks ago in our Stake Women’s Conference!” She didn’t say a word about Mike’s talk. The good thing is that later that night Mike got a very nice email from a man who had been in the audience and he complimented Mike on how strong the spirit was and how much he loved Mike’s talk. He also mentioned many other people who made similar comments!)</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">If you would like to enter a bracket for me with all of the underdogs, do it.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love that story in Luke! I am pretty sure that a couple of weeks ago I talked about it in my Email to you guys. I love how when they took the sacrament they knew him and how in John 17:3 it says that eternal life IS so know God and Jesus Christ. It is a powerful story.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am excited to see you soon! I still have some work to do down here though :)</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div></span><div><br /></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-68695832843727386742015-03-11T08:07:00.000-07:002015-03-11T08:07:03.382-07:00Birthday Boy!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AeEnE--4X3Q/VQBWH82iLVI/AAAAAAAAC38/BukmLJoldTs/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2B21st%2BBirthday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AeEnE--4X3Q/VQBWH82iLVI/AAAAAAAAC38/BukmLJoldTs/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2B21st%2BBirthday.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey a couple of days before he turned 21<br />I found those party plates in the kid birthday party section in Walmart.<br />They were perfect for a missionary birthday too.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">March 9, 2015</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I'm old. I can't believe that I'm almost 21! It is going to be a good birthday week because I love this ward! We had 6 investigators in church and we are seeing miracles. Sandra and Sofia are going to get baptized this Saturday and we are working a ton with Gustavo who is a dad of an active family. We are really good friends with him and he is starting to get interested in the message. His family is working a lot with him and it is amazing how far he has come. He came to church this Sunday and he is reading and everything. They are an awesome family.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I got all of the packages but I haven't received the letter yet. Thanks! All of those protein bars are going to help me because I realized that I am skinny! I was looking through the pictures that you sent me and I look fat compared to where I am now haha! Thanks for sending those pictures as well. That was cool to look through all of them.&nbsp; Did you ever get the letter that I sent you for your Birthday? Also, for the Spanish class do I need to take the class in order to take the test or is it just so that I pass the test really well? And it is an advanced class right?&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Lately I found a connection in the scriptures that I love. John 17:3- Eternal life is to know God and Jesus Christ. Luke 24:30-31 How did the disciples "know" Christ? Through the sacrament. In order to obtain salvation we need to really know our Savior. Not just his face or his appearance but actually know who he is. The only way we can do that is by taking the sacrament every Sunday and repenting of our sins and remembering him.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I know my Savior. I know that he loves us and is there to help us through every step in our lives. He is the only way we can gain Eternal life and Eternal life is what we are looking for (D&amp;C 6:7 ; 14:7)</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love all of you!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Dad,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Time flies when you are doin work! So we must all be doing way to much work cause the time surely is flying. The good thing is that I am not trunky at all. The missionary work is just so natural now that there is no time to be trunky. I love working with all of our investigators.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I feel exactly like usted. I don't want to leave! But I also know that there is a lot of work for me to do up there in the States.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love all of those plans that you have for me. I don't need sleep! haha! One of these P-days in the future I will make a little calendar and send a picture of it because there are a few things that I will need to do when I get back. But I am totally down to work out a ton and work with those trainers. It will be a good time.....I am so skinny!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you dad!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><br />Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-36647144022611032342015-03-09T16:43:00.002-07:002015-03-09T16:45:49.840-07:00I Like Miracles!<br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J8CiqPBox-4/VP4wiAa0WgI/AAAAAAAAC3o/3FoH5bMX34Q/s1600/Baptism%2Bof%2BSusana2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J8CiqPBox-4/VP4wiAa0WgI/AAAAAAAAC3o/3FoH5bMX34Q/s1600/Baptism%2Bof%2BSusana2.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susana with Elder Lacey, Elder Morris and others<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">March 2, 2015</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Dear Family,</div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Miracles! I like miracles. Sandra and her family are doing awesome! It is crazy the changes that are happening in their lives. Here they went through one of the hardest years of their lives and they are able to see the blessings that have come from it. They lost their dad/husband last year and then a month ago they almost died in a crazy fire. They lost a lot of their possessions and they didn't have insurance so they just completely lost all of it. We have been able to do a lot of service cleaning and painting their house and the ward has helped out a lot and so they are living in their house again. The amazing part is that they see the fire as a blessing. I love going over their because they are so happy and peaceful. They lost their TV and so what they do is they play cards and chat with each other and drink mate haha! It is a testimony to me that real happiness comes from the gospel blessing families, it does not come from the world. Before the fire Sandra wasn't very open to the missionaries but now she wants to get baptized! She has felt the spirit very strongly in the church, in her house, and with the members. Sandra and Sofia are going to get baptized together on the 14th of March. Its going to be a good Birthday week :)</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I have been learning a lot in these past 3 months about our job as missionaries. Elder Viñas came to the mission and taught us about establishing the church. It is sad because in many areas here in Uruguay the total church attendance hasn't changed much in the past 10 years even though the missionaries have been working really hard. Sometimes we as missionaries work super hard but we aren't working in the right way to edify the church. I am really pumped to help build the church in Lezica. We are going to focus on finding families and the church here in Uruguay really needs Priesthood holders as well so we are going to go find some good worthy men that can be leaders in the church. I love this ward because the members are super open to the missionary work!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I got 2 packages! Thank you guys! I got the one with beef jerky and power bars and then the Valentines day one. I'm happy :)</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I can't express how grateful that I am to be here in the mission. I love it, I love it, I love it! I feel the spirit every day and what I have learned in these past 21 months is priceless. God loves us! Life is good.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love all of you!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-69198315258403150442015-02-23T21:35:00.001-08:002015-02-23T21:35:38.397-08:00Lezica (Laceyica) is the best town in the world.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XwKISSP4ZgM/VOwMp3HS9II/AAAAAAAAC1k/8A1HnYiH814/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BEmilio%2Betc%2Bat%2BSusana's%2Bbaptism.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XwKISSP4ZgM/VOwMp3HS9II/AAAAAAAAC1k/8A1HnYiH814/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BEmilio%2Betc%2Bat%2BSusana's%2Bbaptism.jpg" height="400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susana's Baptism<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">February 23, 2015</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Another good ol' week in the best town in the world. Lezica (Laceyica) is the best. The members here are awesome and the work is good. The only problem is that we are running out of time to do all the things that we need to do! haha I guess that is a good problem to have so I am not complaining. This past week we had the best Correlation that I have ever had in my mission. We have 6 ward missionaries (which is 6 more then I have ever had) and 5 of them showed up to Correlation with the ward mission leader. And let me tell you, all of the excitement is contagious. On Sunday we had the best ward council that I have ever had as well. The members are really focused and want to help us a ton. We have had a ton of members ask to leave with us just to proselyte. I have fallen in love with this place.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Susana got baptized! It was such a good experience and really spiritual. It was good to see how far she had come. When we were teaching her she would always say that she felt like a big bowl of green jello on a hamster wheel. Haha! She didn't feel at peace. When I talked to her on Friday she said that she felt like a big red balloon flying in the sky...that is her way of saying that she is finally at peace. It was also good to see all of my buddies like Elder Morris and all of the members. I forgot to bring my camera so I will send you pictures next week but it sounds like you already saw some through Emiliano. Emiliano is awesome! He is going to be such a good missionary. Tell him that I love him!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">A spanish class sounds good! I have always wanted to learn spanish! But other than that I have no idea what my plans are going to be this summer. I guess just study and work out all day and read the scriptures. I guess I might have to go look for a job! But the good thing is that I don't have to worry about that for 3 months :)</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I think I will be able to figure everything out with My Family Search. I will probably do Michael Martin Lacey. I will try and get the phone number of Travis' mom because I think his parents are in charge of it all as far as the apartment goes.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Tim and Nicole Lawson are the parents of Elder Awesome errr.... I mean Elder Lawson.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Oh! I promised a member that I would write you about an investigator that we have. Sandra is the mom and her son Santiago got baptized and her daughter Sofia wants to get baptized really bad. A little over a month ago they all got caught in a bad house fire. Sandra got badly burnt but is recovering well. The kids are fine. Sandra before was open to the missionaries but she didn't want to receive the charlas. After this whole experience things have changed and she is more open to us. We still haven't talked to her very much but she went to church this Sunday. She has also gone through some really horrible things as well. Her 2 oldest children are addicted to drugs and so that haunts her a lot. But she has seen a lot of miracles lately and she is really being prepared by the Lord. We are working really closely with the familia Barreiro. The Dad is the 2nd Counselor in the Stake Presidency and he suggested that we write our moms about what is happening and that maybe you could write a note to Sandra. I think that would be a great idea! So if you want you can send me an email and I can print it out and give it to her. If Dad could translate it that would be good or if not Hermana Carmen Barreiro Speaks English. I think that would help Sandra out a ton.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It is amazing to look back and see how far I have come. I love testifying of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The other day I finished Jesus the Christ. Over these past 2 years I have defended his name and tried my best to be a representative of him. He truly is our Redeemer. Through him all mankind can change and obtain Eternal Life. I love the Mission.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Dad,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love everything you said. I do feel like I have grown to love the people here even more than when I started. I am working differently as a missionary and I feel like that is why I am loving it so much in Lezica. We are super nice to everyone and we look for opportunities to show our love to everybody. Emiliano will be leaving to Peru for his mission in May. He is going to be a solid missionary. I wish that I could have learned all of the things that I know now before my mission haha! I thought that the last 50 Meters was supposed to be the hardest??? I am loving it!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you dad!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pFIvYYhRqg8/VOwM3apqe4I/AAAAAAAAC1s/GGJ9pOva_b4/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2Bothers%2Bat%2BSusana's%2Bbaptism.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pFIvYYhRqg8/VOwM3apqe4I/AAAAAAAAC1s/GGJ9pOva_b4/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2Bothers%2Bat%2BSusana's%2Bbaptism.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></div><br />Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-33172832385402993992015-02-20T09:37:00.001-08:002015-02-20T09:37:03.697-08:00Miracles are Raining Down<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5rj8vnsdp4w/VOdWtJlfu8I/AAAAAAAAC0s/bUsH4QhWBfs/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BElder%2BRae%2Band%2BLawson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5rj8vnsdp4w/VOdWtJlfu8I/AAAAAAAAC0s/bUsH4QhWBfs/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BElder%2BRae%2Band%2BLawson.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Rae, Elder Lacey and Elder Lawson<br />(Daniel's trainees)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U_SazRGF8I0/VOdW4DjB8FI/AAAAAAAAC00/6gqqaeylqnI/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2BElder%2BMorris%2B%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U_SazRGF8I0/VOdW4DjB8FI/AAAAAAAAC00/6gqqaeylqnI/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2BElder%2BMorris%2B%2B2.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Morris and Elder Lacey<br />(Companions in Las Piedras)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HI9aybcIHYI/VOdwUU64_AI/AAAAAAAAC1E/AZXSbEmHylw/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2Bguy%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bstreet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HI9aybcIHYI/VOdwUU64_AI/AAAAAAAAC1E/AZXSbEmHylw/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2Bguy%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bstreet.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guy off the Street&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">February 16, 2015</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">What a week! My new comp. is Elder Lawson from Provo, Utah! He is a really good guy and we are already working super well together. Lezica is sweeeeeet! We got here in a white wash so we didn't know anything about the area. We first met with the Bishop (who is awesome) and he gave us three families to visit. We went to the first family and it was a miracle. The daughter is going on a mission in June but the mom is inactive and the Dad isn't a member. We already have had a Noche de Hogar with them and it was super spiritual so we are hoping for some good things with that. The members here are awesome! We have met with many of them and they are all super excited to work with us. We have already received 5 really good references from members. When we got here we didn't have any investigators but on Sunday we found a huge family that wants to get baptized really bad. The miracles are just raining down. We have both been feeling the spirit a ton and so we are really happy. I love the mission. Sometimes when I bare my testimony I get a little choked up because I know that I don't have much more time to be a representative of Jesus Christ and bare witness as a missionary of the truthfulness of this message. Why does time have to go by so fast!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">More good news, I forgot to tell you about Susana from Las Piedras. We had been working with her for a long time and it was really cool because at the beginning she was almost atheist but we were able to see her progression and now she is getting baptized this Saturday I think i will be able to go because it is super close so I will get to see my good ol' buddy Elder Morris :)</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As a mission we are going to go to the temple but they want us to bring a name from our family to do endowments. We are going to have some time on P day but Do you maybe have a name for me or what should I do?</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am so pumped! I think I finally learned how to be a missionary! haha! I love the gospel so much. You should try and get in contact with Elder Lawson’s parents if you can. He is a stud!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you guys!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-34109821225709831722015-02-12T20:39:00.000-08:002015-02-20T09:38:18.570-08:00Lezica Norte<br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">February 10, 2015</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Yep, changes again! I can't believe how fast this change went by. I got called to train in Lesica, Norte which is in Montevideo! I will also be a District Leader there. I am sad because Elder Morris is the best but I am also excited for what is up ahead. I am in the same situation that Elder Walker was in when he trained me. that is weird to think about. We will be doing a white wash so the first week is going to be crazy but I am looking forward to meeting all of the members and working with them. Elder Morris and I grew really close over these past 6 weeks and we have seen miracles. I have learned a lot from him too. We are going to be pretty close to each other though so we will keep in contact. I am so grateful for all of the comps that I have had.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Sad news with Antonella. Her ex boyfriend was building her a quick little house out of wood that was going to work out well for her and she was going to get baptized this week but...... She got in a fight with her ex-boyfriend and decided that she didn't want to receive anything from him. She moved to Pando to live with her sister. It is sad because we couldn't work with her anymore but the good thing is that she is really set on being baptized so she is going to go to the church in Pando. Hopefully I will be able to go to the baptism.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">There is some more good news though. We are working with the Silvera Family again. They were the ones where the Dad didn't want us to pass by anymore but we recently made friends with him and we were able to have a Noche de Hogar (Family Home Evening) with all of them! A member family came over and we watched a short video and talked about it and the dad of the family was participating and everything! We also made some brownies to share with everyone :) &nbsp;Hopefully Elder Morris and his comp will be able to help them all to become converted.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It will be sad to leave Las Piedras but every single change that I have had has helped me grow. I am looking forward to it. I like the example that you shared of the crayons. I think that is how life goes sometimes. We think that we have lost something when really God is just helping us to progress and grow.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am so glad that you had an awesome Birthday party! I enjoyed seeing all of the pics. Luke Is Huge! Is he taller then you mom? He must be eating his veggies :)</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I have a couple of questions regarding college. Am I going to take classes this summer? haha And what did you guys have planned for housing? My buddy Travis Bloomfield has an apartment that is on campus and pretty cheap but nice. I would like to stay with him and one of my football buddies that is in Chile right now. Did I already send you the link to the web page of the apartments? I also sent an email to Coach Holliday and he said to contact him when I get home and he will let me know what to do. Also, thank you for sending those packages. I am sure I will get them soon. I love power bars and jerky!!!!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am always so grateful for the counsel that you give me. I always try to apply the things that you send me in my life because I know that I will be blessed if I listen to the counsel of my parents. You guys are spiritual giants.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The other day I was thinking about all of the things that I have learned in my mission. As a leader I have learned a lot of tips and skills and what not. For example, how to make contacts in the street, how to make a good zone plan, how to react in certain situations etc etc. There are a lot of things that you can learn as a missionary but I realized that what makes a great missionary great is his testimony in Jesus Christ. If you truly have a strong testimony in Jesus Christ you will do what he wants you to do. If you go through your mission and you learn how to be a missionary but you have not strengthened your testimony then you didn't really learn how to be a missionary.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I know that Christ lives.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Dad,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">1/8 of the mission = 3 months</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">1/8 of a 400M race = 50 M</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey runs 50 M in around 5 Seconds</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">3 months=50 M= 5 seconds = BAPTISM</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Hopefully you can follow my math but 1/8 of a mission equals baptism. These last 2 changes are going to be awesome haha!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I can't believe that time has gone by so fast. You nailed it on the head with me training. It will be a good experience.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am planning to get back into shape as quick as possible. I will probably go lift in the morning and then in the afternoon go run and play catch etc. everyday. I feel pretty good and I feel like I could put on good weight pretty easily and get faster at the same time. I hear that the people in my new house like to work out so we will get big together.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Thank you for everything Dad!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><br />Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-59273133950527912682015-02-03T08:06:00.001-08:002015-02-03T08:06:46.410-08:00The Temple is the Best!<br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sABQdMyWLPg/VNDw0YOq54I/AAAAAAAACzs/7lOUoVY43Ug/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BFabian%2Band%2BElder%2BVee%2Bat%2BTemple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sABQdMyWLPg/VNDw0YOq54I/AAAAAAAACzs/7lOUoVY43Ug/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BFabian%2Band%2BElder%2BVee%2Bat%2BTemple.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Ve'e, Fabian, and Elder Lacey<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i6czFMONPfE/VNDxGXRc4eI/AAAAAAAACz0/J78m21B5l9E/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2Bmembers%2Bfrom%2BSan%2BCarlos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i6czFMONPfE/VNDxGXRc4eI/AAAAAAAACz0/J78m21B5l9E/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2Bmembers%2Bfrom%2BSan%2BCarlos.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Members from San Carlos</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E2HksWW_g7I/VNDxL06OpkI/AAAAAAAACz8/lw3CsDiZ7Bw/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bat%2Bthe%2BRailroad%2Bstation%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E2HksWW_g7I/VNDxL06OpkI/AAAAAAAACz8/lw3CsDiZ7Bw/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bat%2Bthe%2BRailroad%2Bstation%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey in Las Piedras</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">February 2, 2015</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We went to the Temple this week! Fabian from San Carlos went to receive his endowment and he got sealed with his wife so Elder Ve'e and I got to go and see it all. We taught Fabian and he got baptized 2 weeks after we left but we stayed in contact. I also got to see a lot of the members from San Carlos which was really cool. They all said that I am a lot skinnier now haha! I will send you the pictures that we took together.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The temple is the best! I learn so much every time I go and I always leave with desires to do the very best that I can. I am going to go every day when I get home!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The work is going well here in Las Piedras. It has been hard because so far we haven't baptized anyone even though we feel like we are working better than we have ever worked before. We have found a lot of people and we feel like we have taught them well and that we have felt the spirit but then they use their agency to make dumb choices. The good thing is that we are helping a lot of less actives and recent converts come back to church which is a big thing that we are trying to do better in this mission. Also there are some more potential houses for Antonella so we will see what happens. (She has to move out from her boyfriend so she can get baptized)</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Even though we are always doing something and we are always really busy and sometimes stressed I love the peace that the Gospel brings. I love taking the sacrament and feeling that spirit that comes after renewing your covenants. The Gospel is true.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you guys!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Dear Dad,</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Take care of mom for me on her Birthday!</div><div><br /></div><div>It is crazy to think about time and how fast it flies. We cannot forget who we are for even a second because that second can turn into an eternity. Elder Morris and I have been able to work really well together. Even though we are both from the same group and we go home together, a lot of missionaries get "Trunky" but so far we haven't been hit with any trunkiness and have been able to keep ourselves focused.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I love you dad!</div><div><br /></div><div>Elder Lacey</div><br />Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-29308986855863184482015-01-28T20:56:00.001-08:002015-01-28T20:56:51.852-08:00Mariana Got Baptized!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3K640r0d1V4/VMm8wwRpw9I/AAAAAAAACzE/W7whm9_amsk/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2BBaptism%2Bof%2BMariana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3K640r0d1V4/VMm8wwRpw9I/AAAAAAAACzE/W7whm9_amsk/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2BBaptism%2Bof%2BMariana.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mariana's Baptism<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9kCiILA69Qc/VMm81LhRsLI/AAAAAAAACzM/N4vbeU85ecw/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2Bcannon%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9kCiILA69Qc/VMm81LhRsLI/AAAAAAAACzM/N4vbeU85ecw/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2Bcannon%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5VgjVvRTAOw/VMm84yExh0I/AAAAAAAACzU/OyoMuZsvscU/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BElder%2BMorris%2Bon%2Btop%2Bof%2Btower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5VgjVvRTAOw/VMm84yExh0I/AAAAAAAACzU/OyoMuZsvscU/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BElder%2BMorris%2Bon%2Btop%2Bof%2Btower.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey with Elder Morris in Las Piedras</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">January 26, 2015</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Well... Antonella won the award for hardest baptism ever. The problem is that she still isn't baptized :( But she definitely will get baptized in the near future just because she has so much faith and so much desire to get baptized. It is sad because it is not her fault that she can't get baptized. What happened was that she was going to move into a house last Tuesday and we had everything set up. We had done about 10 hours of service on that house (which is a house of a recent convert) just to get it prepared for Antonella to move in. We went there on Tuesday to get the house set for the move and we found out that a young couple came the night before and offered cash to the recent convert so she took it. Like a thief in the night! Snap. We were sad but we didn't worry to much. We just went straight back to work. We prayed constantly for a miracle and an hour later we received a call from the other missionaries who saw an old member in the street who was crying. They talked to her and she said that she needed someone to live with her because she felt alone and she couldn't cook for herself etc. So we went straight over to her and talked to her and she was happy that Antonella wanted to move in to her house. Everything was good and it was even a better living situation for Antonella. On Thursday Antonella had 7 small boxes packed up. She has so much faith! She was willing to do anything to get baptized. anyway, we had everything packed up in a van when we started receiving calls from the Bishop and the 2nd Counselor in the Stake Presidency who lives in our ward. Basically there have been problems with this old member before. She is a little bit crazy. She suddenly changed her mind and said that Antonella couldn't come over. The Bishop was really trying to help her out. It was kind of frustrating because here we did everything possible to help one of the best investigators ever but it didn’t work out.&nbsp; Anyway, that is what happened and so we are still in the search for a miracle. Antonella is doing well. She is really sad that she couldn't get baptized but she is staying strong. She even started her family history work the other day!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The Good news is that Mariana got baptized! Elder Havens and I taught her a lot together but she doesn't live in our area. She would always come to a members home that lives in our area and so we would teach her there. We actually found her at a ward activity. We finally got her in contact with the other missionaries and they took it from there. She is going to be a super firm convert in the church. She has already read through the entire Gospel Principals book haha! I will try to send a picture of her baptism.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">That was basically our entire week. Elder Morris and I get a long really well and we are teaching better then we have ever taught. I finally know how to be a missionary! I think I said that about 6 months ago and I will probably say it again haha! Truth is, I love the mission.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Tell everybody that Elder Lacey loves them. I can't believe Sean Farley is home. Send him my apologies..... Its hard to be on the sidelines hearing about other people in the mission field ;) Send Adam my love. They are such a good family.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The Church is true! Miracles exist!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">PS Antonella is going to get baptized!!!!</span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-59663435644907598402015-01-25T20:58:00.001-08:002015-01-25T21:27:43.828-08:00We Choose<br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">January 19, 2015</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Sounds like a lot is going on up there! There is a lot happening down here as well. For example, my computer is the slowest thing I have ever seen! So I will try to write as much as I can to you but we will see what happens. The good thing is that it is a good test of patience :)</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This week we are going to have the baptism of Antonella on Saturday! We have to move her out of her house on Tuesday and then she will be good to go. We have been working with her for a long time. She has changed so much! It is amazing to see the changes that people can make in their lives if they just put Christ first.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This past week was a little bit rough but we are still going strong. Things were going too smooth for us a week ago so I guess we had to go through some tests. On Friday Elder Morris and I both were sick but we went out anyway. It just so happened that on that day the whole world decided to join against us. haha! A few investigators dropped us which was really sad because they were investigators that had felt the spirit during the charlas and everything. The good thing is that Elder Morris and I took it all with a smile. He is a really good missionary and we get along super well. This week is a new week and we have found some good new investigators so we are ready to go! Lets do it!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Well family, I have one quote for you and one quote only. "We choose" (I think Sarah’s basketball coach always said that) We choose what we want, if we want eternal happiness or eternal sadness (2 Ne 2:27) The only thing that we need to do is choose today to put Jesus Christ first in our lives. Read the scrips, Pray, Go to church, develop the Christlike attributes, serve. I have seen this message change the lives of many people and it has always been people who are willing to choose and do what is right. The Church is true!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">That is really really sad about Alex Morrow passing away. Sam and I grew up with Alex and Adam. I have a ton of memories with them. I hope everything is alright. Give all of them a hug for me. I am so grateful for the Plan of Salvation that God has given us. Alex Served a good life.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Dear Dad,</span><br /><div><br /></div><div>I am always so glad for your example Dad. You are the best! I am feeling really good right now in a lot of aspects. I feel really good spiritually and I feel like I am growing everyday. I have felt really good physically (except for a little bit of sickness that I had) because we have been playing a lot of soccer and so I have been running a lot which is getting me back in shape. And I also feel well mentally. I beat my comp in a chess match today :) haha But I also feel like the mission has helped me learn a lot. I am looking forward to these next couple of months!</div><div><br /></div><div>Hopefully I can live up to what you accomplished!</div><div><br /></div><div>Love</div><div><br /></div><div>Elder Lacey</div></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-60561799310704251682015-01-13T09:13:00.000-08:002015-01-13T09:13:10.909-08:00I LOVE THE MISSION<br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">January 12, 2015</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Something has changed in me. I used to bleed green (FHS) then I bled Blue (BYU) but now I am just bleeding whatever the color of this mission is. I LOVE THE MISSION!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Morris and I are doing super well. We have learned a lot from each other from applying this new change that we have in our mission. Our biggest focus in our companionship is just following the spirit which is what we always need to do. I know that this is where I am supposed to be right now.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I don't have too much time to write you because I have gotten behind on all my emails but I love you guys! I received &nbsp;a lot of mail recently from 5th ward and even from our ward in Alpine. We have always been surrounded by super good people.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Luke is flying! I love hearing about how well he is doing. Keep it up Luke!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This past Zone Conference that we had was really cool. We got everyone pumped up. At the end I was in a huddle with 1/3 of the elders in our zone and we basically all committed ourselves to give everything. I felt like I was back in football for a little bit. We all left on fire!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love what you sent me about the Atonement. It made me think about how I have come to learn about the atonement. Before the mission I don't think I really knew exactly what the atonement was. I still have a lot to learn but I feel like I have learned a lot in these past 19 months. Christ truly does love us. It is our choice if we want to show our love for him and accept the gift that he has given us or not. I hope that I can always choose to sacrifice everything that I have for him. Those who are willing to lose their lives shall find it. (I think that is in the end of Mat. 10) May we all do everything we can to accept the atonement in our lives.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear dad,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I was thinking the other day about what exactly is the word tired? How can we be tired? Is it something that will always get at us or is it a decision we make? I came to the conclusion that it is a decision. So if&nbsp; you decide, you really can give 120% even when your body is begging for mercy. I love that Elder Eyring talk when he talks about his rally cry "Remember him". Jesus Christ gave us everything even though he was tired and beaten.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-63614997336124440812015-01-06T15:53:00.000-08:002015-01-06T17:41:54.254-08:00God Knows Each One of Us<br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">January 5, 2015</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Another great day in the mission field. Elder Morris and I are getting along great and we are seeing miracles. I love the mission so much! About 2 weeks ago I heard that Rebeca got baptized in Melo! She decided to dump her boyfriend and become a member of the church! That was really great to hear. Recently Elder Morris and I found a young couple and they are both super excited to hear the Gospel. They told us that the first contact that we made with them in the street they felt the spirit, and they felt it again in the first lesson. Elder Morris and I work really well together and we had one of the best CCE (How to Begin Teaching) ever! They are really prepared.....the only problem is that they need to get married. Why is it so hard to get people married here?! The funny thing is that his nickname is Bin Laden. I want to baptize Bin Laden! I have no idea why that is his nickname.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Here in Las Piedras we now have 28 Missionaries in our zone which makes it the biggest zone in the mission. The good thing is that all of them are really good people. It is such a testimony builder to see so many good missionaries who sacrifice a lot to be here doing the work of the Lord. On the day of changes we all arrived back to Las Piedras with the bags of everyone and we were waiting for taxi's and such when all of a sudden a massive rainstorm came in with lots of wind and everything. It was so powerful that it knocked down a ton of trees all over the city. Luckily we were all safe in the church. The problem was that at this time of the year there is a giant feria (market type deal) in the street right in front of the church. Chao tents and tarps and everything. That wind made everything fly. But all of the missionaries saw it and so we all ran out to help these people. Luckily the storm only lasted a little bit but it was still raining pretty good. We helped a lot of people though and it felt good. Many of them were crying because that is all that they have in this life and much of it got destroyed. It was so cool to see a bunch of missionaries out there working in the rain helping people out. The Hermanas were out there doing work too! We have a good zone.</span><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This is the work of the Lord. I have never been happier in my life. God knows each one of us and so it doesn't matter how hard things get, if we truly love him and we show him our love through our obedience we will be blessed. The church is true!</span><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love,</span><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nPolqf_b-kI/VKyOLVUkqxI/AAAAAAAACyA/SzeICs1o5x4/s1600/Elder%2BLacey's%2Bdinner%2B-%2Bpig%2Bhead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nPolqf_b-kI/VKyOLVUkqxI/AAAAAAAACyA/SzeICs1o5x4/s1600/Elder%2BLacey's%2Bdinner%2B-%2Bpig%2Bhead.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wondered why Elder Lacey sent us a picture of his chicken dinner....<br />Then I saw the teeth and the snout!!!</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-21755365548442513712014-12-30T08:19:00.001-08:002014-12-30T08:19:17.970-08:00Retention<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kjAE75riFqA/VKLO8tiGMeI/AAAAAAAACxg/eek2FY1A8cM/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2BCompanions%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kjAE75riFqA/VKLO8tiGMeI/AAAAAAAACxg/eek2FY1A8cM/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2BCompanions%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey with other Elders in Las Piedras<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">December 30, 2014</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Changes strike again! I'm staying here but my good friend Elder Havens is leaving. The good thing is that Elder Morris is going to be my comp. We were in the CCM together and have been in the same zone a lot in the mission so I am looking forward to it. He is a really good missionary. It is amazing how fast time goes by. I feel like it was yesterday when I came here to be comps with Elder Havens. I will miss him but he is planning on going to school in Utah so we will be able to stay in contact pretty easy. Some other news is that Elder Leavitt is the new assistant! He is a really good guy. I know that you were going to eat lunch with his grandma again so that is cool.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love talking to you guys on Skype. I always leave with a lot of desire to go out and preach the gospel. I love my family! Thank you for all of the pictures that you sent. You all have sweet jackets!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am excited for this next change because we have a ton of investigators. Elder Havens and I didn't baptize together but we sure set ourselves up. We have some really good investigators but like always they have some problems to overcome first. But I am sick of not baptizing so Elder Morris and I are going to go have some fun out there in the Uruguayan sun.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The missionary work is changing a lot down here though. We used to be super focused on baptisms as a mission but the retention was kind of stinky. But starting this year in the area of South America they are changing some things up. We are going to start working a lot more with less actives and recent converts. Don't get me wrong, we are still going to baptize but we are going to find those prepared people through the members. I am really excited for this change though. I think it will work really well.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Well, I only have 3 changes left. Changes go by way to fast. I love the mission and I am going to go out with a bang. There are too many people in this earth that don't know about the plan. So I'm going to go tell them about this plan.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you guys!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">PS I used those Nerf guns in a demonstration in a zone Conference haha! Thank you!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Dad,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I loved Skyping with you guys. We have the best family in the world. You all look really good as well. I like your new bike shirt that you got. Even at your age you still do your own stunts!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The other 2 elders that we were with left right after you guys saw them on Skype and we actually didn't have to wait for them to Skype because we got there right when they finished so it wasn't too bad.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It was crazy to hear about the BYU football game. One of my friends is on his mission in Florida and I guess the entire mission got to go or something like that. Did you see a big group of missionaries on TV?? haha So are there any suspensions?&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am digging this schedule that you have set up for me. I have been working out decently but I am losing weight because it is so hot and we play a lot of soccer. I feel pretty healthy though.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you Dad! The Gospel is true!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><br /><br />Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-27300758998915777042014-12-22T07:25:00.000-08:002014-12-22T07:25:28.963-08:00Ward Family in Las Piedras<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TdELGD4fC_w/VJg1AH26qGI/AAAAAAAACwc/Yci5McpcmYM/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TdELGD4fC_w/VJg1AH26qGI/AAAAAAAACwc/Yci5McpcmYM/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey with companions in Las Piedras</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">December 22, 2014</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">¡Christmas! I'm so excited that I am sweating! Or maybe that is just the heat from the sun and all of the fireworks going off haha! It does not even feel like Christmas but it is a good time to be a missionary. There are so many people that are in need of help during this time of year. It makes for a lot of humble hearts for the spirit to touch. We have found some more really good investigators but at the same time some have fallen. The Silvera Family fell :( Their Dad suddenly freaked out and said that he didn't want us coming over anymore. We will see what happens though because Lucia already received her answer that the Book of Mormon is true. I am sure that something will get worked out eventually. But a lot of our investigators are doing super well. We had a ward activity for Christmas on Saturday and some friends of members came so we are going to start working with them. I will send you a picture of the ward activity.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u2f_x7XGkOs/VJg00ovhcFI/AAAAAAAACwM/z3ntK3iNyh4/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2Bward%2Bfamily%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u2f_x7XGkOs/VJg00ovhcFI/AAAAAAAACwM/z3ntK3iNyh4/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2Bward%2Bfamily%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey's ward in Las Piedras</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I think I will call you guys at around 4 Uruguayan time this Thursday. I am pumped to see the whole crew!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I cannot believe that Dwayne received the Priesthood! That is awesome! I bet he has changed a lot. I am really happy for him.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">That is also so crazy that Tyler Cahoon is already home! And Sean will be home in a month! Time is going by way too fast. Speaking of talks I gave another talk in church yesterday. haha! The bishop sent us a message an hour before church and asked us if we could talk. It is weird because I actually enjoy giving talks now.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I got the other package today! Those Eccos are swwwweeeeet. In fact I am wearing them right now. I also enjoy those protein bars a ton. We have been lifting a lot lately because Elder Ellet moved into our house and he has a bunch of weights. So I'm gettin BIG...hopefully. Elder Havens is super awesome. I will try to send a picture of us together.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zLU8VLuL-Fg/VJg057dvkBI/AAAAAAAACwU/3TKI8oPpyhY/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2Bcompanions%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zLU8VLuL-Fg/VJg057dvkBI/AAAAAAAACwU/3TKI8oPpyhY/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2Bcompanions%2Bin%2BLas%2BPiedras.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey with his companion Elder Havens<br />&nbsp;(I think Elder Havens is on the right)<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: #232323; font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I am so grate</span>ful for a family that is centered in the Gospel. I love the mission and I know that I am where I am supposed to be. There is nothing better then watching people come unto Christ and change their lives. I know that Christ lives.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></span></span><div style="color: #232323; font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span>Love ,&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font-size: medium; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Lacey</span></span></div><br /><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Dad,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You are completely right. I love that I don't have to worry about anything other then missionary work right now. Being a missionary during Christmas is the best. It is interesting that you talked about people being depressed during Christmas because yesterday we found a new investigator that was really sad because she doesn't really get along with her family and her daughter is on drugs so we were able to help her out and now she is really interested in the church. At the start of the conversation she only accepted to listen to us because she has a friend in the States that told her a while ago that the church has changed her life (the life of her friend). The friend told her that whenever she sees the missionaries she should talk to them. So she did! It is amazing how saying something so simple can have such a huge effect on someone.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I have never been so happy in my life. I love the mission!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Talk to you soon!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #232323; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am so grate</span>ful for a family that is centered in the Gospel. I love the mission and I know that I am where I am supposed to be. There is nothing better then watching people come unto Christ and change their lives. I know that Christ lives.</div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /> <div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-90805852946995035922014-12-16T17:27:00.005-08:002014-12-16T17:27:38.358-08:00El e la Dadiva<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yvdn9XMpdbY/VJDbhP30YSI/AAAAAAAACvA/Z6dnnWa6ky8/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bmaking%2Basado.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yvdn9XMpdbY/VJDbhP30YSI/AAAAAAAACvA/Z6dnnWa6ky8/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bmaking%2Basado.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making Asado</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aJey8mNAvps/VJDbca0YXrI/AAAAAAAACu4/Fs0SldHjlis/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2B%22P%22%2Bday%2Bcandy%2Bbar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aJey8mNAvps/VJDbca0YXrI/AAAAAAAACu4/Fs0SldHjlis/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2B%22P%22%2Bday%2Bcandy%2Bbar.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"P" Day Candy Bar</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">December 15, 2014</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You guys are always so busy doing awesome things. We have the best family ever. Thanks for sending all of those pictures. I also got the book of testimonies that you sent and all the other stuff. Thank you so much. I loved reading all of your testimonies. They definitely gave me strength to keep giving it my all. It is now one of my treasured possessions that I have.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I thought you guys knew Elder Craig Christensen but I wasn't sure. I loved the conference that we had with him. I felt the spirit really strongly.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It is interesting that you talked about the sacrament in your email because as a mission we are focusing a lot more on church attendance. Pres. Cook has been talking a lot about it and so I loved the quote that you sent me. As I read what you were saying about the importance of the sacrament meeting it hit me that the atonement of Christ is so important that we HAVE to remember it every week through the sacrament. We only celebrate Christmas once a year, but every week we have the opportunity to receive the biggest gift we have ever received. If we don't go to church every Sunday then we are showing that we don't care too much about this gift that God has given us. The problem is that many people &nbsp;don't know how to use this gift so that is why they don't care too much. I can just imagine a cave man receiving a microwave as a present... He has no clue what to do with a microwave. Our job is to help everyone understand first, what the atonement is and second, how to use the atonement&nbsp;in our lives.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This week was stake conference here in Las Piedras. Elder Havens and I spoke in the Priesthood session of the conference.&nbsp; There was a good attendance at the main session but only one of our investigators showed up. His name is Deyvid and he is progressing super well. At the beginning he questioned if God existed and now he is at the point where he knows God lives and he knows the Book of Mormon is true. He committed to live the word of wisdom yesterday. He is super smart so sometimes it is hard to teach him because he goes off talking about the stars and stuff haha The cool thing is that the Gospel connects to just about anything so he really likes it all. He has a 17 year old daughter that we are teaching as well. She didn't believe in God either but now she believes and she has a really good understanding of the atonement. We also are teaching Antonella who is awesome! The first 2 charlas that we had with her she didn't understand a thing but now she is reading and she is memorizing everything. She didn't go to church because she had family problems but she really wants to get baptized. The only problem is that she lives with her boyfriend. Dang Uruguay. The Silvera Family is doing well. (They are Lucia and Diego) The only problem is that the mom started to work on Sundays but she will only work for 3 more weeks so hopefully they will be able to get baptized here pretty soon. Juan Carlos moved :( so we lost contact with him. But we have some good things happening here in Las Piedras.These people are my mission! I love all of them and they are all progressing so well. I love missionary work.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As far as Skype goes. I am not sure what we are going to do. I will let you know next P day at what time we will call. It honestly doesn't feel like Christmas at all haha! Because all of the children in the street are &nbsp;always lighting off fireworks and such. It is definitely a different atmosphere but I am glad for what the church has done with Èl e la Dàdiva. It definitely helps us to remember what this time of season is all about. Christ Lives.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you guys!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Dad,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We will have to go golfing when I get back so I can show you who is the real boss here. Haha! I am glad that you were able to put a good game together to beat Andrew. Maybe if you keep beating him every time you will humble him enough to get him baptized! &nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love that talk that Pres. Uchtdorf gave! I am still waiting to get it in the Liahona. I think it comes out in January or something here. Pres. Cook taught us a little bit &nbsp;about that a little while ago. Many times we look at the faults of others but what we really need to do is look at what we can do better. If we do that then we will be more humble and more open to correction which will lead to progression.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I hope you had a Happy Birthday!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><br /><br />Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-31928301747965243932014-12-09T14:36:00.001-08:002014-12-09T14:36:24.361-08:00He is the Gift<br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">December 9, 2014</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear&nbsp;</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Las Piedras is the best! I am loving the mission and Elder Havens and I are finding a ton of miracles. We are working with a couple of different families that are really awesome. Some of them need to get married though so we will see how that works out. Also, the other day we found a guy in the street that Elder Havens had met a year and a half ago! I guess he really wanted to get baptized and everything but he wasn't married and Elder Havens ended up losing contact with him. His name is Juan Carlos. He recently broke up with his girlfriend so he won't need to get married now. He is awesome though! I also really like the ward here. The other day we put on an activity for the mission work and it turned out really well. We made french toast and watched Èl es la Dàdiva. Have you guys seen that yet. In english it is, “He is the Gift.” It is amazing what the church is doing to get this message out. We are showing the video to all of our investigators and ward members and it is having a really positive effect on all of them.</div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My family is famous now! I wish I could have broken a world record! It sounds like it should be a huge video though. I remember that StudioC was starting when I was there at BYU but it wasn't super big. I'm glad that it is a lot bigger now. The pictures that you sent me are sweet. I don't know if we will be able to watch the Christmas devotional though. I am not sure if they broadcast it in spanish.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I feel like I have been learning so much recently. I finally feel like I am learning the gospel and what it really means to live it. When you are really living the gospel you see how different things are. You no longer look for excuses but look for ways to become more like Christ. It is amazing to see the difference between a new missionary and a missionary that is about to go home. The missionaries that are coming in now were sophomores in High school when I was a Senior! They are all really new and they have never been away from their home for more then a week but they are all so willing to give it their best. And after 2 years they will have completely changed from being timid teenagers to being strong representatives of Jesus Christ. The mission is the best.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Recently we have started working with the members a ton and now all of the members are pumped to do some missionary work.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I invite you guys to go and share, “He is the Gift” with everyone you know if you haven't already done it. It is awesome because you can do it through Facebook super easy or even email it! Do it! :)</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love all of you!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Dad,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I feel like I have finally learned how to sing on the mission as well. Our zone has to sing for the Mission Christmas Conference so we will see how it turns out.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I really like what you said about having a plan to communicate and to testify. I love making plans and it is something that I have learned to do here on the mission. I am going to make some plans now to better communicate this message to the whole world! Or maybe just Las Piedras for now. The mission has really helped me develop better social skills.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you Dad!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-39480600083614628282014-12-03T22:14:00.000-08:002014-12-03T22:14:09.395-08:00Diego<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TTqUIQI4n-Q/VH_5ryGKkrI/AAAAAAAACtM/WZ3WPoNv8aQ/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bin%2Bthe%2BGhetto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TTqUIQI4n-Q/VH_5ryGKkrI/AAAAAAAACtM/WZ3WPoNv8aQ/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bin%2Bthe%2BGhetto.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey on P-day</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HAsJUs8e5So/VH_6BuCwCaI/AAAAAAAACtk/vdgKM6DBn5o/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BLucas%2Bfamily%2Bfrom%2BMelo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HAsJUs8e5So/VH_6BuCwCaI/AAAAAAAACtk/vdgKM6DBn5o/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BLucas%2Bfamily%2Bfrom%2BMelo.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;(I don't know why Uruguayos don't smile. They are actually really happy people) haha<br />Elder Leavitt and Elder Lacey at baptism of Lucas in Melo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IMiQG68J9YM/VH_5zZeRDAI/AAAAAAAACtU/V6jeusk4tuM/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2BLeavitt%2Bon%2Bwater%2Btower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IMiQG68J9YM/VH_5zZeRDAI/AAAAAAAACtU/V6jeusk4tuM/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2BLeavitt%2Bon%2Bwater%2Btower.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Leavitt and Elder Lacey</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JXO8V8xlO8M/VH_57XZ9CeI/AAAAAAAACtc/Fytgn1rC-gs/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BChristmas%2Bpackages.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JXO8V8xlO8M/VH_57XZ9CeI/AAAAAAAACtc/Fytgn1rC-gs/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BChristmas%2Bpackages.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey with his Christmas Packages.<br />Wow! that was fast. Maybe it's because he lives in Montevideo now.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yRt3oE7Q0iA/VH_6F3bGCyI/AAAAAAAACts/VADMpQZR1SU/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BLeavitt%2Bin%2BGhetto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yRt3oE7Q0iA/VH_6F3bGCyI/AAAAAAAACts/VADMpQZR1SU/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BLeavitt%2Bin%2BGhetto.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey and Elder Leavitt in Brazil</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">December 1, 2014</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I received my christmas packages! I got 3 from Mom and then 1 from Grandma and Grandpa Larsen. Thank you guys so much! The problem is that I could not wait until Christmas to open the electric dog whistle. That is the best thing ever made! It was crazy that you guys sent that because a week ago I found out that electric dog whistles existed and I thought it would be sweet to have one. It has already helped us a ton. I don't even have to take it out of the pocket in my bag to use it. I just press it and the dogs go paralyzed! They can't do a thing. It makes it really nice when we are trying to talk to someone but we can't here them over the barking dogs. Thank you!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This week there were elections in Uruguay. It is weird because everyone is obligated to vote and you have to vote in your home town if you didn't do some paperwork. Plus there is only one day to do it and it is Sunday...This Sunday it was raining. It is hard enough to get people in church when it is raining but when there are elections it is almost impossible. But we had a miracle. We are working with the familia Silvera and they are awesome. They were all going to come to church but the day before they found out that family members were coming to stay in their house because of elections so they couldn't go. There 9 year old son is Diego and he decided that he wanted to come anyway. A 13 year old member lives next to them so we planned that he would go by and walk with Diego. On Sunday we went to go pass by for an investigator but she ended up not being able to come. On the way to the church we saw 9 year old Diego outside of the members house with an umbrella clapping (that is how we ring doorbells here) We went over and talked to him and he was like- Hey! I want to go to church but no one passed by for me. He is awesome! We were super surprised that he was so pumped to go to church. He ended up getting to participate in the primary program and he loved it. The good thing is that Diego is usually not interested much in religion even though the rest of his family is so we are using that to help the rest of the family get converted.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This zone is awesome. we are all really athletic so we play a lot of sports. I don't know of many touristic places but I will look into that because it is always fun to do something like that as a zone. We are kind of in the city still though so I don't know if there is much. We have 6 hermanas in our zone and 21 elders.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Thank you guys so much for all of your support! I will be sure to eat healthy. I can't believe you sent me another pair of shoes! haha! I should be good for the rest of my mission. I will just use them for conferences or something. Thank you!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I know this is the work of the Lord.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear LacePops,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I know Christian Stewart! I was there with him in the off season. that is crazy that he finished off the season for BYU. I would love some more Articles.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">That has always been a big question for a lot of missionaries. Does God know where all of us are going to end up? and is this time on Earth just a time to prove ourselves to ourselves? I liked what you said. If we are obedient we don't need to fear about anything.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You know that my favorite color is green.....haha But I am fine with my truck.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love you dad!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-30243477786404527622014-11-24T09:56:00.001-08:002014-11-24T09:56:19.341-08:00Lucas's Baptism<br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">November 24, 2014</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Las Piedras is awesome! I am really loving it here and Elder Havens is the best. We get along super well and he is a good worker so everything is going great. We have 0 investigators right now but that is how every other change has been. But I kind of like it like that because then we can just start from the start and find a bunch of new people. We already have found a family that has good potential &nbsp; so we will see how it goes. I really like it here though. It kind of reminds me of Aeroparque in a way. Here in our zone we have 10 Valientes and 3 Oros which is crazy talk. Valientes are missionaries in their last change and a lot of them are good friends of mine. (Oros are new missionaries) Elder Powell is in my zone and he is a Valiente. He is on the BYU football team as well. Today we were planning on getting a good basketball game going but we ended up playing a game of soccer instead..... BYUs soccer team better watch out. I think Elder Powell and I are going to switch sports cause we played pretty well. It has been to long since I have thrown a football! haha</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So I think I completely forgot to tell you about the baptism of Lucas. It was perfect! His whole family came and a lot of the ward was there as well. I will try to send you a picture of it. We will see how well these new computers work down here in Las Piedras. Lucas is a stud though. He is one of those young kids that is going to change the lives of his whole family. He already wants to serve a mission. It was kind of sad because he was really sad that I was leaving. He is a good kid.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I got your package! Thank you so much! The shoes are perfect and the peanut butter and carmel apple suckers and protein bars have saved my life this week. You are the best!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Recently I have been learning a lot about working with members. Here in Las Piedras there are some really good members so I am looking forward to working with them. Being a missionary has opened my eyes to what role members need to play in the conversion of investigators. It is also interesting because as members help in the missionary work their own testimonies grow. If we truly have testimonies then we will want to share the gospel with everyone that we love, and we should love everyone so we should be sharing this message with everybody! I am so glad that you guys have such a strong desire to share the gospel. I remember that Mom was the first one to really share &nbsp;a spiritual message with Tyler Hough. I remember you shared a plan of salvation puzzle thing with him and he said that he felt like he had already heard it before. If it wasn't for Mom I don't know if I ever would have talked to him about the church. I was crazy. I love the mission because I have learned so much about the Gospel and how God works with his children. It really is the best 2 years.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love all of you!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Dad,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In my other letter I said that if we have testimonies then we will share it with those we love, but it is a commandment to love everyone so we much share our testimonies with everyone. Yep, we need to baptize Obama. It is to bad that Sean Farley didn't baptize him. I guess Obama would need a question 4 interview because he has supported abortions but we could probably arrange one of those interviews with the mission president in Washington DC.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But I would love to see everyone in Skype That would be awesome!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Also, I think my shoes get better mileage then any car so if you just buy me a new pair of shoes when I get home that will be good enough........haha But I would be grateful with whatever car you decide to give me. I would love to have my old car back but a 2015 Corvette would be ok I guess. haha</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you Dad!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-80208940553833484662014-11-21T16:46:00.002-08:002014-11-21T16:47:56.289-08:00Las Piedras<br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">November 18, 2014</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Changes! I am leaving Melo. I will be a zone leader in Las Piedras (which is basically in Montevideo) and I will be with Elder Havens. I am sad but I am also excited for the new experience. Changes always bring a little bit of sadness but I already know through experience that being changed is always what is best for you. Elder Leavitt and I got along great and we worked well together and so it is too bad that we didn't have more time together but I know Elder Havens and he is a really good missionary as well. All of my comps have been bosses! (Excellent Missionaries)&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The good news is that After 9 changes of being at least 6 hours away from Montevideo I will finally live close to it. NO MORE LONG BUS RIDES AT 1 A.M.! haha!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Well, I have 4 changes left. I compare the mission to a 400 m race. The strategy is not to save yourself at any point in the race. The strategy is to sprint as fast as you can and give it your all. The only rule I have is that you have to finish faster then you started :) That is right, 110% . I guess it is time to really pick the pace up! Lets go!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I feel great right now. My sickness is completely gone. I have had a little bit of allergies but I still have a bottle and a half of Zyrtec so I am well covered.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love receiving emails from you guys because I always feel the spirit really strongly. I can just imagine Luke passing the Sacrament! It is humbling to me how important his job is as a 12 year old deacon. I am proud of him. I am glad that he liked the drawing. It is interesting to me because I wrote him a letter and I wanted to draw him a picture but I ran out of time. It turned out that I wasn't able to send the letter until the next p day and I felt impressed to draw a picture so I did it. It is something super simple but I really feel like God wanted it to turn out that way. If I would have read this story before the mission I probably would have laughed and said that it was just a coincidence but I know that God loves us and that he cares about even the smallest of things.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I know that God lives and that he loves us. He watches over us and cares for us. This plan is perfect. Death does not have victory. Families can live together forever. Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. I love this gospel.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">PS&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I knew that I had read that scripture recently! (Ezekiel 33:9) I totally forgot about that you had sent that to me! That is really awesome. I actually think that this email was the catlyst that got me thinking about what I read in my personal study. Thanks mom!</span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1976956375220053813.post-78982789360473463992014-11-10T07:43:00.001-08:002014-11-10T07:43:39.192-08:00The Watchmen<br /><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lO2TWg864t8/VGDbeanByEI/AAAAAAAACqA/7Q8X7oRSzCY/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2Bfamily%2Band%2BElder%2BContreras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lO2TWg864t8/VGDbeanByEI/AAAAAAAACqA/7Q8X7oRSzCY/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Band%2Bfamily%2Band%2BElder%2BContreras.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey and Contreras with la familia Acosta</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KsjYRPIwd8Y/VGDbieKJ6gI/AAAAAAAACqI/z3w5aElMWb0/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bsandwiches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KsjYRPIwd8Y/VGDbieKJ6gI/AAAAAAAACqI/z3w5aElMWb0/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bsandwiches.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey eating CHIVITO</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5eLLGU9bMFs/VGDbsrhu9XI/AAAAAAAACqQ/EWRpxkbMH9A/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bteaching%2Bthe%2BZone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5eLLGU9bMFs/VGDbsrhu9XI/AAAAAAAACqQ/EWRpxkbMH9A/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bteaching%2Bthe%2BZone.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Lacey leading Zone Conference</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pmeEpNdC4tQ/VGDcbfatCyI/AAAAAAAACqY/ftrKB2W2Cps/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BVeronica%2Band%2BElder%2BContreras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pmeEpNdC4tQ/VGDcbfatCyI/AAAAAAAACqY/ftrKB2W2Cps/s1600/Elder%2BLacey%2Bwith%2BVeronica%2Band%2BElder%2BContreras.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Contreras, Veronica, and Elder Lacey<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">November 10, 2014</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dear Family,</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I cannot believe that Luke is already graduating from primary. It is amazing how fast time has gone by. I sent him a letter for his birthday but I don't know if it will get there in time. I am so pumped that he will get to go to the temple to do baptisms!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">That is so sweet that you got a big bear hug by Elder Dallin H. Oaks! When I get home you will have to give me a hug so that I can say that I have hugged my mom who hugged Dallin H. Oaks who hugged President Monson! That is a pretty awesome experience. It is amazing how much love they have for everyone.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Oh, I forgot to tell you that Elder Leavitts grandma is Sister McConkie who gave a talk in the last General Conference. Ya.....So I have the hookups now. Front row general conference seats for life!! haha!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Today I was doing an activity in Preach my Gospel (It is a challenge for the whole mission to finish all of the personal study activities) But I was studying in Ezekiel 3:17-21 and it was interesting what I learned. As we preach the gospel we save our own souls. In a later chapter in Ezekiel it talks about a watchmen, and how if he blows the trumpet it is not his fault if the people choose not to heed the warning of the trumpet. The watchmen did his part. I studied a little bit more about that but it just gave me even more of a desire to go out and make sure that everyone is warned. Sometimes it is sad because the people don't listen but as we warn everyone we will save our own souls as well. Here in Melo it has been pretty rough. I don't know if you guys remember Rebecca but she was as golden of an investigator as you can get. It was amazing how fast she progressed. She completed with every commitment we gave her. She was living with her boyfriend and she even committed to live the law of chastity. But She still couldn't get baptized because she was living in the same house of her boyfriend still. In the end her boyfriend told her that she shouldn't go to church anymore so she stopped because she was scared of losing him........Super sad story but hopefully one day she will get baptized. It is amazing how many people are prepared here but they just haven't been able to pass there last challenge! But Lucas is going to get baptized this saturday! He is so awesome.</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I love you guys so much! I hope Luke has the best Birthday ever! Hopefully he gets my letter soon!</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love</span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Elder Lacey</span></div>Diana Laceynoreply@blogger.com0